Pictured: Woman Becomes A Mermaid After 'Lord Of The Rings'

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | February 26, 2009

[Steelfish]

Pictured: Woman Becomes A Mermaid After 'Lord Of The Rings' Special Effects Shop Gives Her New Prosthetic

By Mail Foreign Service

A double amputee who lost both her legs as a child has turned into a mermaid with the help of an Oscar-winning special-effects workshop.

Nadya Vessey, from Auckland, New Zealand, suffered a medical condition as a child that forced doctors to amputate both her legs.

When a little boy asked her what happened to her legs, she told him she was a mermaid.

[Egon]

That’s actually kinda cool.

[allmost]

I clicked the thread thinking South Park joke, I read the link and it's pretty cool.

reminder to self. Read the article. :)

[Cicero]

It sounds a bit bizarre, but actually it’s really great. Good for her!

[Joe Boucher]

Good post Steelfish,
Nice news instead of all the politics and crap.
Thanks.

[colorado tanker]

I was thinking of jokes too, but this is just too nice a story.

[muleskinner]

Good for her, except she grabbed that bathing cap from the back of my mom’s closet.

[wxgesr]

Just think what a great body surfer she would be.

[Kimberly GG]

Hey....back in the day when swim caps were REQUIRED for women at city pools, I grew up wearing one that looked just like that - only white!! LOL

[Ellendra]

That’s refreshing to see there are still nice people out there.

[TexasTransplant]

She is Spunky, I like Spunky... to meet her would be a pleasure.

TT

[alfa6]

Ping-a-ling

And a hearty Bravo Zulu to the folks at Weta Workshops

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Broker]

Very KOOL>!

[DoughtyOne]

Nice. Thanks.

[ASOC]

Let me add my thanks for yuor posting a positive bit of today.

I now have my smile back...

[Tolik]